Holomorphic Hulls for Compact 3-Manifolds

Abstract

We demonstrate the different possible structures for holomorphic hulls for embeddings of compact real 3-manifolds $M \hookrightarrow \mathbb{C}^3$ along the set of complex tangents $γ$. Using our previous work [1], we can construct embeddings with any prescribed link and 2-plane field along it, as well as a prescription of angles at each point that determines the Bishop invariant. We show that elliptic points ($γ< \frac{1}{2}$) produce analytic discs filling a Levi-flat hypersurface, hyperbolic points ($γ> \frac{1}{2}$) add no local hull structure, and parabolic points ($γ= \frac{1}{2}$) may develop a &#34;delicate&#34; Jöricke `onion&#39; structure. We illustrate these phenomena with explicit examples of parabolic knots and links with mixed components.